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is president obama losing his lead in ohio or not? plus, the politics of demographics and race. >>> and we're tracking a super storm that could wallop the northeast. the forecast for this thing really is frankenstorm. it could influence voting in a few key states. chad myers with the latest. ♪ [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah. they don't know it yet, but they're gonna fall in love, get married, have a couple of kids, [ children laughing ] move to the country, and live a long, happy life together where they almost never fight about money. [ dog barks ] because right after they get married, they'll find some retirement people who are paid on salary, not commission. they'll get straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. it's just common sense. see lioutdoors, or in.ight. transitions® lenses automatically filter just the right amount of light. so you see everything the way it's meant to be seen. maybe even a little
is president obama losing his lead in ohio or not? plus, the politics of demographics and race. >>> and we're tracking a super storm that could wallop the northeast. the forecast for this thing really is frankenstorm. it could influence voting in a few key states. chad myers with the latest. ♪ [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah. they don't know it yet, but they're gonna fall in love, get married, have a couple of kids, [ children laughing ] move to the country, and live a...
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. >>> obama's ohio fire wall. cnn is out with a new poll in the state tonight with the the president leading mitt romney 50-46 and that's unchange frd the last cnn poll in ohio taken just avenue the first debate. john king has been looking at the latest numbers. what else does it tell you? >> it's important to look at this poll. thest a small lead. that's yet another poll the president's kept that narrow lead in ohio. you mentioned the horse race. here's one of the biggest factors. in a battleground state like this, the president's getting the democrats, romney's getting a republicans, the candidate who wins among independents is likely to win. that is critical the watch in the last week to election day. there's also an age divide. it's important as well. you see a huge leap for the president. 56-38, among voters under 50. that's an important part of his constituency. republicans need the older voters by 2i-46. governor romney would like that to be bigger. there's also a racial and gender gap, if you will. i want
. >>> obama's ohio fire wall. cnn is out with a new poll in the state tonight with the the president leading mitt romney 50-46 and that's unchange frd the last cnn poll in ohio taken just avenue the first debate. john king has been looking at the latest numbers. what else does it tell you? >> it's important to look at this poll. thest a small lead. that's yet another poll the president's kept that narrow lead in ohio. you mentioned the horse race. here's one of the biggest...
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a little better for obama. still very close. now obama may be the top prize for the candidates right now l are other important battleground states. we'll take through over the course of the next hour in a way that only cnn can. john avalon and i traveled more than 1800 miles on cnn's battleground bus tour as the race for the white house reaches its conclusion. no mat wrer i ter where i go, t economy is the most important issue in this election. i've been traveling with john avalon. he joins me now as does my good friend christine romans. she joins me from washington. jim acosta from did he back to you, iowa, where mitt romney just landed. brianna keeler is in milwaukee, wisconsin, traveling with president obama. let's start here in ohio. the state has a very complex economy. here's some of what we've been hearing from voters on this trip. >> just a lot of depressed areas. a lot of joblessness. >> just looking at the unemployment rate, it's so scary to me. >> the last four years has not been very good for our small business. >> w
a little better for obama. still very close. now obama may be the top prize for the candidates right now l are other important battleground states. we'll take through over the course of the next hour in a way that only cnn can. john avalon and i traveled more than 1800 miles on cnn's battleground bus tour as the race for the white house reaches its conclusion. no mat wrer i ter where i go, t economy is the most important issue in this election. i've been traveling with john avalon. he joins me...
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president obama won in 2008, but ohio went to george w. bush in 2004. obama was there today touting the new jobs report that showed stronger than expected hiring last month. but much of the focus was on a romney ad that he says is trying to care people. what is he saying, jessica? >> in three speeches here in ohio today, the president made brief mention of the new frob's report, and he talked extentatively about the auto bailout that he says saved jobs here and throughout the country. he mentioned that romney and he delivers his closing argument in a speech that david axle rod told us came from the president's loins. >> in ohio, the president saw the bright side of the new jobs numbers. >> this morning we learned that companies hired more workers in october than at any time in the last eight months. the american auto industry is back on top. >> the president turned quickly from jobs numbers to the auto industry. >> we have been seeing this out of governor romney and his friends in the last few weeks. >> no mention of losses or an unemployment rate that
president obama won in 2008, but ohio went to george w. bush in 2004. obama was there today touting the new jobs report that showed stronger than expected hiring last month. but much of the focus was on a romney ad that he says is trying to care people. what is he saying, jessica? >> in three speeches here in ohio today, the president made brief mention of the new frob's report, and he talked extentatively about the auto bailout that he says saved jobs here and throughout the country. he...
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obama counters with wisconsin, ohio, and a closing rally in iowa. the biggest surprise in that final 48 hours is romney's last minute bid in pennsylvania. polls in the state favor president obama, but not by as much as they once did. the romney campaign calls it expanding the electoral map. the obama campaign calls it a fairy tale. well, in the parallel universe phase of the campaign. joining me is chicago mayor and former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel. let me start by showing a poll out of pennsylvania showing that the president's numbers have been slipping since september, and it's now looking like not a four-point race in pennsylvania, which is inside the margin of error. are you all worried about that? >> no. i think, look, the campaign is set, and i think people remember going into this election are jobs and you just had a report friday of 171,000 jobs were created, and, candy, i think when i saw that number the fact that january 2009 when the president first got elected we got the report within ten days about his election, which is o
obama counters with wisconsin, ohio, and a closing rally in iowa. the biggest surprise in that final 48 hours is romney's last minute bid in pennsylvania. polls in the state favor president obama, but not by as much as they once did. the romney campaign calls it expanding the electoral map. the obama campaign calls it a fairy tale. well, in the parallel universe phase of the campaign. joining me is chicago mayor and former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel. let me start by showing a poll...
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obama has more than three times as many field offices in ohio. more than twice as many in places like virginia and florida, and they maintain that when you are asking people to come out and make phone calls and do canvass you can't expect them to drive for two hours in these really spread out places. i was struck by the -- the rnc could very well be right. they say they're making more voter contacts than in the past. all of these metrics, those volunteer metric that is they use, but i was struck by the fact that instead of trying to sort of compete with obama on this metric, they were trying to spin it. they're saying that we didn't even try to have all -- as many locations as he has. we are running a different type of operation. >> all right. we'll see if it pays off for either one of them. molly ball, thank you very much. good to have you on. >>> superstorm sandy came and went leaving a trail of flooded roads and damaged homes. one of the areas hit the hardest besides new york city is hoboken, new jersey. want you to take a look at the voted he
obama has more than three times as many field offices in ohio. more than twice as many in places like virginia and florida, and they maintain that when you are asking people to come out and make phone calls and do canvass you can't expect them to drive for two hours in these really spread out places. i was struck by the -- the rnc could very well be right. they say they're making more voter contacts than in the past. all of these metrics, those volunteer metric that is they use, but i was...
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>> obama. >> why? >> because he's for the working class. and he helped with the bailout. >> it speaks about his dar character, speaks about his concern for us. >> in warren, ohio, some former autoworkers are angry. >> i was one of the innovators. bruce worked for delphi for 34 years, a senior engineer, nonunion. >> what did the auto bail out mean to you? >> the effect on me and my family is a loss of all my health care insurance, a loss of all my life insurance, a reduction of my pension by 30% for the rest of my life. >> he and his fellow delphi retirees think they have been thrown under the bus by the obama administration. >> he certainly didn't protect my pension. i was just road kill, and to be kicked to the curb and out of the way. >> bruce said he and thousands of salaried delphi retirees saw that pensioned slashed and lost their health and insurance benefits as part of the deal so delphi could emerge from bankruptcy in 2009. general motors needed its biggest supplier, delphi, to be healthy. what are you fighting for right now? what d
>> obama. >> why? >> because he's for the working class. and he helped with the bailout. >> it speaks about his dar character, speaks about his concern for us. >> in warren, ohio, some former autoworkers are angry. >> i was one of the innovators. bruce worked for delphi for 34 years, a senior engineer, nonunion. >> what did the auto bail out mean to you? >> the effect on me and my family is a loss of all my health care insurance, a loss of all my...
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>> i was just in ohio and the talk among the political class there is how obama's really targeted his campaign visits to college campuses. ohio state, ohio university, kent state, bowling green. to sort of draw in these folks and since early vote has started, they can just bus students and young people who come to these rallies over to early voting locations in these counties. so obama has sort of done that while leaving the campaign appearances and sort of blue collar areas to people like bill clinton and joe biden. but young people, they aren't watching tv, they aren't consuming media in the same way that older voters are. only somewhere between 24% and 28% of young people, according to pew, watched your traditional television. so the campaigns are targeting them digitally. social is big in this election for persuasion. they want to put out infographics people can share on facebook and twitter. at the end of the day it comes down to traditional get out the vote efforts which are already under way. early voting started in iowa, for instance, on september 27th so people are already vo
>> i was just in ohio and the talk among the political class there is how obama's really targeted his campaign visits to college campuses. ohio state, ohio university, kent state, bowling green. to sort of draw in these folks and since early vote has started, they can just bus students and young people who come to these rallies over to early voting locations in these counties. so obama has sort of done that while leaving the campaign appearances and sort of blue collar areas to people...
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mitt romney's in ohio. president obama's in ohio. john king is in cincinnati of course with cnn election team. and we have people spread out all over ohio. i am here. i have been behind the scenes in the voti
mitt romney's in ohio. president obama's in ohio. john king is in cincinnati of course with cnn election team. and we have people spread out all over ohio. i am here. i have been behind the scenes in the voti
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president obama is speaking at a rally in mentor, ohio, in hour. dan lothian is there along with him. dan, good morning. ohio certainly critical to these candidates. what line of attack is the president expected to take there to widen his lead? >> well, you know, randi, it continues to be one that focus on the auto industry. i'm told by a campaign official that the president will continue that theme that he was pushing yesterday while campaigning here in ohio, that the auto bailout which he pushed, which he says that mitt romney did not support, helped to save thousands of jobs here in an area that the auto industry is very critical to employment here, so that's the theme that the president will continue pushing. they expect that perhaps the president will again hit that ad that mitt romney had running where he suggested that jobs from a chrysler plant could end up going overseas to china. the president telling a crowd of supporters that he heard from one plant that there was concern among the work force there, going in talking to their bosses for
president obama is speaking at a rally in mentor, ohio, in hour. dan lothian is there along with him. dan, good morning. ohio certainly critical to these candidates. what line of attack is the president expected to take there to widen his lead? >> well, you know, randi, it continues to be one that focus on the auto industry. i'm told by a campaign official that the president will continue that theme that he was pushing yesterday while campaigning here in ohio, that the auto bailout which...
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a recent poll shows president obama ahead of mitt romney in ohio. 50% to 45%. anything can happen in the final days. our don lemon is in dayton. 150,000 people not too far east of indiana. great to see you. tell us what's up. you talked to early voters. what's the vibe? >> reporter: i knew you were going to say what's the vibe? what's the vibe? i'll show you the vibe. look, there are people back there voting, suzanne, and let me show you the real vibe out here. i mean, honestly, look at this place. there's been an ebb and flow all day, but it's mostly been very busy. you know, at times there are fewer people, but to my right here, which is your left on tv, there is an fl there's like a little auditorium so people have been showing up here, and to be honest with you, they're really excited. they come in in and ask us, hey, you guys cnn? we love you. some people thought we were from channel 7, the local station, but they are excited to vote, and i think most people are glad to have it out of the way. i've done my duty as an american, and my voes is cast. >> what
a recent poll shows president obama ahead of mitt romney in ohio. 50% to 45%. anything can happen in the final days. our don lemon is in dayton. 150,000 people not too far east of indiana. great to see you. tell us what's up. you talked to early voters. what's the vibe? >> reporter: i knew you were going to say what's the vibe? what's the vibe? i'll show you the vibe. look, there are people back there voting, suzanne, and let me show you the real vibe out here. i mean, honestly, look at...
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. >>> seem that is president obama has the lead in the battleground state of ohio. poll of polls shows obama has a three-point lead on romney. it's a combination of five recent polls with only days to go. both campaigns going door to door, racing to get people to the polls, vote for their candidates. here is cnn's don lemon in dayton, ohio. >> reporter: the front line on the ohio battleground, cold, soggy and gray. but neither snow nor sloet nor bad directions -- >> are you lost now? >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: shall keep these volunteers from their appointed rounds. why are you doing this? >> to support governor romney. >> reporter: when college sophomore and first-time voter sean henning isn't in class or working, he's driving, walking -- >> reporter: is this your in connection one? >> yes. >> reporter: talking to voters. >> if you are going to go vote early or on election day? >> we're going on election day. >> it's cold, rainy, some people slam the door in your face, others don't. >> some people are receptive. >> if i see my man, romney, as the president, yes. >>
. >>> seem that is president obama has the lead in the battleground state of ohio. poll of polls shows obama has a three-point lead on romney. it's a combination of five recent polls with only days to go. both campaigns going door to door, racing to get people to the polls, vote for their candidates. here is cnn's don lemon in dayton, ohio. >> reporter: the front line on the ohio battleground, cold, soggy and gray. but neither snow nor sloet nor bad directions -- >> are you...
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president obama plans to stop in ohio each day until the election. there's the ads. vir virtually nonstop. we'll talk about that on the other side of the report and this all-out assault on the buckeye state. here it is. >> reporter: that house with the flag right there? that is the house i grew up in. not only grew up in cleveland, i covered the city as a reporter for 11 years. here's my high school. we were the rocky river pirates. i keep in touch and people say ever since ohio became -- >> the battleground of the battleground states. >> reporter: -- cleveland hasn't been the same. >> read my plan. >> unemployment above 8% for 40 straight months. >> mitt romney would have let us go under. >> reporter: hey, pat? i called my buddy pat. what is it like? >> oh, man, it's crazy. it's nuts. >> reporter: yeah. i heard the same thing from another friend. >> welcome to ohio. >> reporter: michael owns michael's restaurant. that's me. that must be about 15 years old if not older. >> looks the same. >> reporter: i sat down with some customers. >> i think they have just gone ove
president obama plans to stop in ohio each day until the election. there's the ads. vir virtually nonstop. we'll talk about that on the other side of the report and this all-out assault on the buckeye state. here it is. >> reporter: that house with the flag right there? that is the house i grew up in. not only grew up in cleveland, i covered the city as a reporter for 11 years. here's my high school. we were the rocky river pirates. i keep in touch and people say ever since ohio became --...
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that ohio poll, these ohio polls have consistently shown a lead for president obama, anywhere from two to five points. hat does that tell us about what ohio will look like next week? i don't know. but whatever happens there, whatever happens in ohio, will have huge ramifications. we all know ohio is the most important state out of the presidential election turns out. >> it's going to be a very close election by all signs. even though i think president obama has a slight edge, he's slightly ahead as an incumbent you would expect that. but i think it's very important for everybody to go out and vote. >> i'm going to go back to the storm sandy here, and something that's a little controversial that's coming up. and that is global warming. because i'd like both of your perspectives on that. new york governor cuomo suggesting the reason the natural disasters might be the result of climate change. let's listen. >> there has been a series of extreme weather incidents, anyone that's not a political statement, that is a factual statement. anyone who says there's not a dramatic change in weather
that ohio poll, these ohio polls have consistently shown a lead for president obama, anywhere from two to five points. hat does that tell us about what ohio will look like next week? i don't know. but whatever happens there, whatever happens in ohio, will have huge ramifications. we all know ohio is the most important state out of the presidential election turns out. >> it's going to be a very close election by all signs. even though i think president obama has a slight edge, he's...
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. >>> president obama garnered the support of the blade in toledo ohio. pittsburgh post gazette and detroit free press. mitt romney was endorsed by the des moines register in des moines and the press enter vice in riverside, california. and it is a san francisco sweep. the giants beat detroit tiger last night to win the world series in four straight. game four went extra innings. san francisco winning. pablo san val was named the series' mvp. he says this years he year's giants were special. >> it's a team. i say thank you to my teammates to give me opportunity to be here. the two last series, you know, winning six, six, you know, elimination games is tough. >> it is the giants de world series title, this all in the last three year. soledad? >> good news for them. thank you very much for that update. we'll continue to get to zorida. >>> we have special coverage of hurrican irene expected to make landfall in new jersey some time this evening. we're monitoring advisories as they come in. we're also going to talk about what's closed. subways in new york are
. >>> president obama garnered the support of the blade in toledo ohio. pittsburgh post gazette and detroit free press. mitt romney was endorsed by the des moines register in des moines and the press enter vice in riverside, california. and it is a san francisco sweep. the giants beat detroit tiger last night to win the world series in four straight. game four went extra innings. san francisco winning. pablo san val was named the series' mvp. he says this years he year's giants were...
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i saw a sign in ohio that said no, president obama, we are not better off. look at the number of jobs we were losing before president obama took office and in the early months. what you see as a general trend, we have seen the job losses and job creation begin and we have seen all of the jobs lost during the four years of the obama administration regained. that is what you are going to hear from president obama at 8:30 this morning when the jobs numbers come out. we are certain it will be positive, create 125,000 jobs. if it's less than 100, republicans are going pounce on that. if it's more than 150 or close to 200, obama administration is going to go on that. what you are going to hear about is the unemployment rate, 7.8%. it drops, probably going go to 7.9%. christine will explain why the job loss and creation numbers are different from unemployment. the bar chart is the more important number. the bottom line is, all you are going to hear is spend and we are going tell you what matters. it is going to be a deciding factor for many voters. >> the jobs numb
i saw a sign in ohio that said no, president obama, we are not better off. look at the number of jobs we were losing before president obama took office and in the early months. what you see as a general trend, we have seen the job losses and job creation begin and we have seen all of the jobs lost during the four years of the obama administration regained. that is what you are going to hear from president obama at 8:30 this morning when the jobs numbers come out. we are certain it will be...
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comes to providing funding for contraception and, you know, the evangelical vote is key in iowa and ohio. if those voters get in the race and vote for mitt romney as they're telling me they will and don't sit it out as many did in 2008, that's huge. >> certainly going to be interesting to watch. poppy, thank you. >>> we have this programming note for you. cnn's anderson cooper takes a final close look at the candidates in america's choice 2012 countdown to election day. sunday night, 8:00 eastern. it is right here on cnn. >> 48 minutes after the hour right now and some signs of normalcy in new york after sandy. subways are back in service on a limited basis but laguardia airport will open again this morning. amazingly fast. i really didn't think it would get open this quickly again. we'll have the latest coming up next. [ woman ] it's 32 minutes to go time, and the candidate's speech is in pieces all over the district. the writer's desktop and the coordinator's phone are working on a joke with local color. the secure cloud just received a revised intro from the strategist's tablet. and w
comes to providing funding for contraception and, you know, the evangelical vote is key in iowa and ohio. if those voters get in the race and vote for mitt romney as they're telling me they will and don't sit it out as many did in 2008, that's huge. >> certainly going to be interesting to watch. poppy, thank you. >>> we have this programming note for you. cnn's anderson cooper takes a final close look at the candidates in america's choice 2012 countdown to election day. sunday...